Reel structure for a desk



. Sept. 8, 1936. A. A. GUERRA REEL STRUCTURE FOR A DESK Filed No v. 15, 1932 '2 Sheets-Sheet l Sept; 8, 1936. A. A. GUERRA ,8

REEL STRUCTURE FQR A DESK Filed Nov. 15, 1952 2 shew-sheet 2 Patented Sept. 8, 1936 REEL STRUCTURE FOR A DESK 7 Albert Augustus Guerra, Sheen Park, Richmond,

England Application November 15, 1932, Serial No. 642,813

' In Great Britain May 20, 1932 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a reel structure for portable hand writing desks of the kind consisting of a top member on which the writing material or the like is supported and a frame or casing serving to support the top member, the desk being adapted to be rested on a table top or other convenient surface when in use.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved and more useful construction of desk of the kind specified.

A further object is to provide convenient means for detachably mounting, within said desk, a movable strip or roll of paper adapted to be variably exposed through an aperture in the top member thereof.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:-

Figure l is a top perspective View of the desk,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the desk with 20 the top removed,

Figures 3 and 4 are enlarged details of the spool and the spindle on which a roll or strip of paper is mounted, and

Figure 5 is an assembled view partly in section of the spool and spindle.

Referring to the drawings, the desk comprises a top member i which may be padded and provided with means, such for example as the flaps ill, for detachably securing a blotting pad H on 30 the upper surface thereof. Said top member is formed with two apertures 2, 3 for exposing respectively a displaceable continuous strip 4 having alphabetically lettered sections for use as an address and/ or telephone number reference, hereinafter termed an address slip, and a displaceable writing or note strip 5. Three further apertures 6, l, 8 are formed in the top member for displaying calendar characters consisting respectively of the month, the day of the month and the day of the week.

The top member I is secured to a frame comprising a back member l3 and side members l4, the upper edges of which are preferably inclined as shown in Figures 1 and 2 so as to impart an 45 inclination to the top member. The frame is hinged along the lower edge of the back member l3 to a base I6 adapted to extend over the bottom of the frame. The frame is also provided with inner members I! and [8, see Figure 2, 50 which serve to strengthen the frame, the former members also serving as bearing supports as hereinafter described. The inner members I! and I8 and back member I3 enclose a rectangular area in which writing paper and other articles can be 5 stored.

The displaceable writing strip 5 is preferably in the form of a roll l9 and is detachably mounted on two spools 20, whereby it may be unrolled from one on to the other. The spools are each formed with a slot 2| in one end thereof and a longitudi- 5 nal passage 22, see Figures 3 and 5, to permit of a spindle 23 being inserted or withdrawn axially therethrough. Each spindle 23, which is provided with an operating knob 25, is mounted in bearings formed or supported in the side member l4 and 10 inner member H, the spindle being provided with a key 2| adapted to engage the slot 2| in the spool to effect a driving connection therewith. Slots 26 are formed in bearings in the side member 14 to permit the key on the spindle passing l5 therethrough. The spindle 23 is conveniently secured in driving connection with the spool by means of a screw threaded stud 21 which after passing through the bearing remote from the operating knob of the spindle is screwed in to the end of the spindle. In use a roll is mounted on one spool and the free end extended over a support surface 29, see Figure 2, located beneath the aperture 3 and secured to the second or winding spool by winding a few turns thereon. Thus the strip may be. variably exposed in the aperture 3 by rotating one or other of the operating knobs 25. To remove a spool on which the roll has been completely wound the desk is raised from the base and stud 21 unscrewed and the spindle 23 withdrawn from the spool, thus allowing the spool, together with the roll, to be withdrawn.

The address slip 4 which may be in the form of a roll but is preferably in continuous form as shown in Figure 2, is mounted on spools associated with spindles in a similar manner to the mounting of the writing strip 5 as above described, a supporting surface being provided beneath the aperture 2, over which the strip is passed.

The calendar characters displayed through the apertures 6, l, and 8 are preferably carried on character bearing elements in the form of discs 30, 3|, and 32. These discs are revolubly mounted on the under surface of the top member I by means of studs 33, see Figure 2. The discs are mounted and the characters arranged thereon so that a single character can be displayed at one time through the respective apertures, the discs being arranged so that a portion of the periphery thereof extends through apertures 34 formed in the back member l3 of the frame whereby the discs may be manually operated.

A pen holder or support 36 may be detachabl 55 secured to the desk, conveniently by a ball and socket connection.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:-

A reel structure and a support therefor comprising spaced walls having opposite aligned circular journal openings one of which is provided with a key clearance slot, a hollow spool having a key slot in one end and adapted to have both ends positioned in substantially abutting relation to the inner faces of said walls and with its hollow portion in registry with said aligned openings,

and a spindle for rotatably supporting the core in the openings, said spindle comprising a locking stud and an operating section, the latter having a lateral key and insertable endwise in the opening having the key clearance slot whereby the said key may enter the key slot in the end of the spool and the inner end of the spindle will lie within the hollow core while the outer end extends beyond the wall having the key clearance slot to provide a manually operating extension and said locking stud insertable endwise in the other of said journal openings to also enter the hollow core and engage the spindle.

ALBERT AUGUSTUS GUERRA. 

